I bet you thought YOU liked the late, great Frank Frazetta, didn't you? Yeah, me too... but apparently, someone else likes his work a little more than us...
because Frazetta's 1971 painting Conan the Destroyer sold for one and a half million on Wednesday at San Diego Comicon. Yeah, that's 1.5 million DOLLARS.
because Frazetta's 1971 painting Conan the Destroyer sold for one and a half million on Wednesday at San Diego Comicon. Yeah, that's 1.5 million DOLLARS.
I thought the Frazetta pieces would start soaring in value once he passed a couple months ago. The blood's in the water now...
samax.
It's a great painting. That price goes to a lot of abstract works, but rarely to modern fantasy works. Frazetta was amazing,and this is a strong depiction of a popular character.
ReplyDeleteI agree that others will start to sell very high.
It would have been cooler if FF got the money.
ReplyDeleteI guess I'm often leery of individuals with disposable income like that. I'm not jealous, but while I think that is an awesome work of art, I can't help but think of the many charities would have benefited from a cool million and a half.
To lighten the mood, I'll suggest that neither Boris Vallejo nor Julie Bell are fit to clean Frank Frazetta's brushes.
The price speaks to Frazetta's historical significance, I think.
ReplyDeleteAs an artist, I've dealt with the cruel probability that I'll be worth more dead than alive (monetarily anyways). Not something that excites me, but a reality nonetheless.